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John Woo
John Woo Yu-Sen SBS (born September 22, 1946) is a Hong Kong film director and producer. Recognized for his stylised films of highly choreographed action sequences, Mexican standoffs, and use of slow-motion, Woo has directed several notable Hong Kong action films, among them, A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Hard Boiled and Red Cliff. His Hollywood films include Hard Target, Broken Arrow, Face/Off and Mission: Impossible 2. He also created the comic series Seven Brothers, published by Virgin Comics. Woo was described by Dave Kehr in The Observer in 2002 as "arguably the most influential director making movies today". Woo cites his three favorite films as David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia, Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, and Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï.
As director
The Killer
Silent Night
Manhunt
The Crossing II
The Crossing I
Reign of Assassins
Red Cliff II
Red Cliff
All the Invisible Children
The Robinsons: Lost in Space
Paycheck
Windtalkers
Hostage
Mission: Impossible II
Blackjack
Face/Off
Broken Arrow
Once a Thief
Hard Target
Hard Boiled
Once a Thief
Bullet in the Head
The Killer
Just Heroes
A Better Tomorrow II
A Better Tomorrow
Run Tiger Run
Heroes Shed No Tears
The Time You Need a Friend
To Hell with the Devil
As actor
The King of Wuxia Part 1
The King of Wuxia Part 2
Life in 24 Frames a Second
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Ken San
Beginning of the Great Revival
Kurosawa's Way
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
The Founding of a Republic
Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki
The Making of Hard Boiled
The Making of Stranglehold
A Century of Light and Shadow
Crossings: John Woo
The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong
The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xian
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
Mission: Improbable
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
Task Force
Cinema of Vengeance
Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
Hard Boiled
Twin Dragons
Once a Thief
The Banquet